Many employees face more personal financial challenges today than five years ago, with credit card and other debt and trouble saving for retirement being their most common challenges, according to… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
April 7, 2016
Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellnessfinancial literacy, financial security
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According to a recent report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 51 million Americans—about 20% of the total U.S. workforce—plan to participate in workplace pools for NCAA basketball this year. And… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
March 16, 2016
Employee Benefits, Human Resources (HR)
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Half of all organizations responding to the Benefits Communication Survey say the number of participant questions they receive regarding benefits has increased in the past two years. Adding to the… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
February 25, 2016
Communication, Employee Benefits
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Over the past year the International Foundation has conducted research surveys on a variety of trending health-related benefits topics including workplace wellness, the impact of ACA and domestic partner benefits…. Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
December 17, 2015
Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Health Caredental plan, HMO, orthodontia, POS, PPO, prescription drug plan, self funded plan, vision
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More than one-third of companies have increased outsourcing of benefits functions in the past two years according to the International Foundation’s Corporate Benefits Departments: Staffing and Operations: 2015 Survey Results. This… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
December 15, 2015
Employee Benefitsbenefits department, outsourcing, recruiting, staffing
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The thought of facing a health risk assessment is unnerving for many. “What if I eat the wrong thing and throw my numbers off? What if my health care costs… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
August 25, 2015
Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Wellnesshealth risk assessment, HRA
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Multiemployer funds are closely monitoring and discussing in detail the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA), but the majority of funds responding to our recent survey do not plan to take… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
July 23, 2015
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, RetirementCromnibus, MPRA, PBGC
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On April 20, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) describing how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
June 5, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Wellness
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In honor of Small Business Week, our research team took a dive back in to data from our Employee Benefits Survey: 2014 to identify how small employers are designing their benefits packages… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
May 5, 2015
Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Flexible Work Options, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Paid Leave, Paid Time Off (PTO), Retirement, Vacation, Work Life Balancecorporate casual, flexible schedules, holiday pay, small business, small business week
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By: Neil Mrkvicka Seeing the workplace financial education trend, but not sure whether to hop on? The International Foundation’s new study titled, A Closer Look: What’s Working in Workplace Financial Education… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
November 11, 2014
Education, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Retirement, Wellness
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